Director of Defense Engineering

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for engineering team.
• Focus on staff development strategies that supports the business plan and strategic direction.
• Create an environment supportive of positive employee engagement.
• Manage engineering operations including capacity planning, utilization, resource assignment, process management, and engineering metrics.
• Provide leadership and direction on quotations and project reviews to assure that targets and project budget costs are met.
• Identify engineering focus areas to improve or streamline the development process and execution of engineering initiatives, and eliminate non-value-added activities at all levels of the engineering.
• Support business development actions, proposal development and Defense strategy direction.
• Support financials for Defense business including projections, forecasting, reconciliation, and presentation to management.
• Oversee management and performance expectations of managers, supervisors and leaders through performance feedback.
• Lead continuous process improvement efforts and reinforce quality systems to ensure production quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading engineers performing system design, electrical, mechanical, and software in the automotive or defense, with a minimum of 4 years in the defense industry.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing business financials (profit, loss & sales margins).
• U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident allowing for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance.
• Experience in CAD/CAM/CAE and PLM supported process improvement and re-engineering in engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in system engineering and software development tools and methodologies.
• Experience in understanding staffing demand and supply data metrics.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, and ability to effectively manage multiple projects.
• Ability to make recommendations and provide guidance to effectively meet program staffing requirements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word and Excel), and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

Skills

• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance up to Top Secret.
• Master’s degree in engineering or MBA.
• Experience working with the US Department of Defense.
• Experience in Design and Contract specifications.

Benefits

Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. If you need reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at (734) 779-7087.

The full-time benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Earned sick time
• STD
• LTD
• 401K
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays